Elaine Aspinwall-Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Social Care at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is a qualified social worker and was previously a local authority team manager. She has worked extensively with older people, people with physical disabilities and people with learning dis…
Evaluating Improvement and Implementation for Health describes modern evaluation methods in healthcare and policymaking, and challenges some of the assumptions of the evidence based healthcare movement: Are innovations always an improvement? Are they always worth it? Can they be implemented? More im…
This ground-breaking and accessible book is the ideal resource for trainee and qualified mental health nurses looking for a guide to the main psychological therapies and interventions available in practice. Framed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (2010) standards for pre-registration nursing…
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SPS9F6 Psychology of Exercise, Physical Activity & Health - a custom eBook specially prepared by Dr Adrienne Hughes for students at Stirling University. The team at McGraw-Hill Custom and Digital Solutions have worked together with your lecturer to produce this custom digital textbook. It has al…
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